Unions

Trumpism signals a global crisis of capitalism that calls for an urgent democratization of the economic system.

For more than a generation unions have placed our fate in the hands of political insiders and party operatives.

Elizabeth Tang and Sanjiv Pandita discuss the obstacles to labor organizing in the wake of increasing corporate power and the potential for positive change.

Noam Chomsky argues November 8, 2016, was a historic day for more reasons than one might realize.

In this environment, anything that unions can do alone, with dwindling power, will be insufficient.

In August, over 300 workers walked off the job.

The Trump effect may enable Democrats to take back control in some GOP-led states on November 8.

After waging countless work stoppages and an international boycott, 500 farmworkers have finally won union recognition.

Are people incarcerated for their labor or to erase them from the landscapes being gentrified for the privileged?

A top AFL-CIO economist tries not to say, “I told you so.”